Lupita Nyong’o

Feminism, gender identity, and cultural pride go hand-in-hand with contemporary women’s empowerment paradigms. The movie, Black Panther, demonstrates these concepts beautifully. As we push toward progressive, positive social change, labels and status-quo norms are challenged. Some find this change frightening while others welcome it and push it even further. Writer[…]

HINT: Women of Color with Beauty, Power & Strength The next superhero movie will feature women of color. At least one Sister Superhero should have their own movie very soon. Excited to see the upcoming Black Panther movie, coming out in theaters on February 16th, I am most excited about[…]

Sexual harassment hurts women. As more actresses and women in media are coming forward to reveal how they, too (#MeToo) have been sexually harassed, even raped, by Harvey Weinstein and other powerful men in Hollywood, our society is becoming more conscious about how insidious and institutionalized this form of abuse[…]

Hollywood; most of its films do not reflect America’s growing diversity. Star Wars is the key to fixing this problem because its galaxy is naturally diverse. “Star Wars is the key to all of this.” While Star Wars‘ story may not be about diversity, its diverse galaxy shows the importance[…]